Business Information Systems Reviews
Excellent Value for a Great Program 
By: Anonymous (Graduate) on August 16, 2006
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I completed my BIS degree in February 2005. Bellevue University gives you excellent value (pricing) for the program. I learned a lot, the teacher cared and worked hard to be more than some name on a bulletin board (have had this happen too many times at other online programs I'd been in) and the people from the school's administrative staff really care to help. Bellevue University sees you first as a person before the money it can make out of you. I would highly recommend this school to anyone who has a tight budget and is seeking to finish a very achievable program. It is quite an intensive program since it's accelerated and in a cohort method. You cannot get behind on your work or it'd be hard to catch up. I even went to Bellevue, Nebraska for my graduation.
GREAT program
By: dpstravel (Graduate) on August 10, 2006
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Bellevue's on-line degree programs fall directly in line with their in-residence offerings (same papers, efforts, assignments, and program requirements), and offer the utility of having a degree from a “brick and mortar” college that doesn’t differentiate the program on the diploma (i.e. it’s not a “web” BIS degree, it’s simply a Bellevue University Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems). The BIS program in particular offers a very thorough, highly interactive program that gives a thorough grounding in the "business" side if information system management, delves into system analysis, project management, networking theory, and supervisory practices. The cohort based nature of the program ensures camaraderie, and interaction/discussion of the issues with classmates is a graded component of the course. Group work/projects weren’t part of the course. The accelerated on-line programs/courses are intended for working adults willing to put in the extra effort to finish the courses in a “cohort”, focused order. You finish the specific degree programs with the same folks you start them with, and if you meet the prerequisites (Associates Degree, and all other general ed requirements met), the degree can be completed in a specific program in 15 months or so. In addition to the core class requirements for the accelerated programs, Bellevue also requires a three course Signature Series that essentially focuses on liberal arts for all of Bellevue’s Bachelor degree programs (unless you’ve already earned a Bachelors), with a western civilization and democracy/citizenship focus. This component was enriching, highly enjoyable, and one of my favorite parts of the program. It offered a nice break from the drier IT/business courses. It was a great personal growth experience, the school compares to any I’ve ever attended (either by distance or in residence), and I recommend it without hesitation.
Solid Program
By: spmoran (Graduate) on August 8, 2006
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This is a solid program. Bellevue University is a brick and mortar school in Bellevue, NE, that has a strong online component. I graduated with this degree in 2005 at the age of 42 and have benefited handsomely. I was able to transfer the maximum 82 semester hours into Bellevue, and I took the remaining 45 credits in accelerated cohort fashion. The program is 127 hours if you do not have a Bachelors degree already, and nine hours of that is a set of classes called the Signature Series. These are liberal arts courses and were, to me, the best part of the program. After all, information systems can be pretty dry stuff. Dry or not, the program was thorough and definitely not a walk in the park. There are eleven courses in addition to the capstone course, and they cover the business side of information systems very thoroughly. The capstone course requires a 25 page original research paper, which is a challenge. The rest of the work in the program is also very writing intensive. There was no group work in my program. There were also no exams; rather many APA-style papers. My belief is that if I can write intelligently about a topic, I have probably learned the material. The instructors at Bellevue seem to believe this as well, and since was Business Information Systems (non-technical), the lack of exams or labs was not an issue.
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